Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-04-27


Try alfalfa, the best grass for this
country. Sold by Noble & Nixon. 43
Leave orders for ice with Mr.. Ham,
dellveryman, or with a. d. Jamison. &c
a store house is TO be built at Pala-
dora, by Medicine Lodge stockholders
Maj. John Wilson came in from Chi
cagO on Sunday and will remain here
awhile.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Ed. Youmans, next Wednesday,
May 4th.
With the water power of Elm creek
under control, this will soon be a man.
ufacturing city.
The INDEX Office now keeps one man
constantly at work on job work. We
have a magnificent stock Of material on
hand now.
Those who desire can purchase or
subscribe for any newspaper or maya
zine published through the Postofice
Book store. AZ
w. 5. Denton is terracing his yard,
sowing grass seed, putting out trees,
building fences, and making other i'm
prOvements.
Parties desiring Bronze Turkey eggs,
for So per setting, should send orders
at once to b. +. Witherspoon, Medi-
cine Lodge, Kansas. A
Uncle Billy Mills started to Kansas
City Monday to purchase a car load of
heavy, broke mules, which he will have
here by Saturday, April 30th.
Paint your house with ready-mixed
paints, the best in the market, warrant
ed not to crack or scale. Sold only 10y
SOuthworth, Medicine Lodge. AZ
The democrats OF Aetna precinct
should select a central committeeman to
fill the vacancy occasioned by G.. w.
Courson's removal from the county.
Everybody should give in their prop
erty for assessment at its true valuation.
The assessor should assess town lots at
two thirds of the price the owners ask
for them.
Prof. ID. b. Delzell has been selected
as democratic central committeeman
for Kiowa precinct, to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal from the county
of J. NJ. Simmons.
Mrs. Brand is becoming an expert in
trlnscribing stenographic notes. This
week she re-wrote several pages from
the notes Of Mr.. Abel, though he used
two systems in his work.
j. ID. Karr, of Sun City. was granted
the first druggists permit under the
new law, by Judge Hardy, last Satur-
day. lie had given the necessary pub
LEGATION Of his intention to apply for the
permit.
Elder j. II. Miller, of Sedgewick
county, preached to the Baptists in this
city last Sunday morning and night, at
the Sherlock hall. 1t is probable that
MIR. Miller will be called to take charge
OF the aggregation now being formed
here.
The leading mercantile firm in this
city. Stamford, Youmans IL Eldred,
sold in January. February and March
of this year, 5000 worth of goods more
than during the same months in 1886.
And yet, some people say that the bus
mess of this city is not increasing.
The stock Of dry goods, millinery, no.
tions and furnishing goods being sold
mt RObinson's old stand, opposite the
Citizens National bank, must be clos
ed out for cash at once, aud to that end,
the price on every article has been
dropped below first cost. Go and be
convinced. AZ
From the inconsistent Cresset, of last
week." If you have
not got lot, buy one; if you have a
lot and don't want to improve il, sell 1t
to some one that will" That Is what
the INDEX has advocated, and for
which our neighbor belabOTs us with its
prose-poetry.
Votaw! Who remembers VOtaw, he
of the elegant black whiskers and won
derful ability as liar? His name was
brought to mind by looking over a lot
of dead" cups in Doher's barber shop
the other day. Looking over old cups
cannot but remind one of the grave
stones in cemetery.
J. \. Duke and VIM. Kelley started
yesterday with their cattle for Lips
comb county, Texas, where they are
both interested in land. Both of these
gentlemen are good citizens and we
would regret to know that they had
any intention Of remaining away per
manently from Barber county.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR TIE BORROWER THAN CAN BE Of
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
- PAYABLE AT THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING THE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
ny CALLING on THEM BEFORE CON
TRACING FOR A LOAN ON YOUR FARM
n few weeks since, a young man
came TO Medicine Lodge from Ken
lucky TO invest in real estate. lie had
plenty of money. He inquired into
prices here and then went to Kiowa
and invested, and to-day he Is there
improving his property. In converse.
ton with the writer. he said he would
prefer to live here on account of ouI
superior society, schools and churches
but there was such difference in pri.
ces that he had to go TO Kiowa.
Mr.. r. U. Wheelock and family will
leave, this evening, for their future
home, at NauvOo, Illinois. They have
lived here for the past two years, and